On Fri, 2020-07-10 at 14:42 -0500, Tyler Hicks wrote: > On 2020-06-29 17:30:03, Mimi Zohar wrote: > > [Cc'ing the audit mailing list] > > > > On Mon, 2020-06-29 at 10:30 -0500, Tyler Hicks wrote: > > > > > > diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h > > > index ff2bf57ff0c7..5d62ee8319f4 100644 > > > --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h > > > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h > > > @@ -419,24 +419,24 @@ static inline void ima_free_modsig(struct modsig *modsig) > > > /* LSM based policy rules require audit */ > > > #ifdef CONFIG_IMA_LSM_RULES > > > > > > -#define security_filter_rule_init security_audit_rule_init > > > -#define security_filter_rule_free security_audit_rule_free > > > -#define security_filter_rule_match security_audit_rule_match > > > +#define ima_audit_rule_init security_audit_rule_init > > > +#define ima_audit_rule_free security_audit_rule_free > > > +#define ima_audit_rule_match security_audit_rule_match > > > > Instead of defining an entirely new method of identifying files, IMA > > piggybacks on top of the existing audit rule syntax. IMA policy rules > > "filter" based on this information. > > > > IMA already audits security/integrity related events. Using the word > > "audit" here will make things even more confusing than they currently > > are. Renaming these functions as ima_audit_rule_XXX provides no > > benefit. At that point, IMA might as well call the > > security_audit_rule prefixed function names directly. As a quick fix, > > rename them as "ima_filter_rule". > > > > The correct solution would probably be to rename these prefixed > > "security_audit_rule" functions as "security_filter_rule", so that > > both the audit subsystem and IMA could use them. > > There doesn't seem to be any interest, from the audit side, in re-using > these. I don't quite understand why they would want to use them since > they're just simple wrappers around the security_audit_rule_*() > functions. The security_filter_rule_* wasn't meant to be in addition, but as a replacement for security_audit_rule_* > > I'll go the "quick fix" route of renaming them as ima_filter_rule_*(). That's fine. Mimi
